Claude BENOIT

Born

abt. 1713 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Died

11 August 1784 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Claude BENOIT

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Born: abt. 1713 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Parents of Claude BENOIT

Father

Claude BENOIT

Mother

Jeanne HÉBERT

Grandparents of Claude BENOIT

Paternal grandparents

Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE Marie CHAUSSEGROS

Maternal grandparents

Étienne HÉBERT Jeanne COMEAU

Claude was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Claude married Anne Helene GIROUARD 14 February 1746 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Anne Helene GIROUARD was born 14 April 1728 in Port Royal, Acadia . Anne Helene died 1 September 1807 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . Anne Helene was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Claude BENOIT died 11 August 1784 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .

They were living at Riviere-aux-Canards before being deported to Massachusetts. Then they came to St-Ours, QC

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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claude BENOIT

Claude BENOIT married

Anne Helene GIROUARD
Marriage date: 14 February 1746
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Source: Thanks to Gail

Anne Helene GIROUARD was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS

Marriage notes:

From An Acadian Parish Remembered

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste

Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

14 February 1746 Marriage Claude Benoits and Anne Girouard

On 14 February 1746 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada, Anne-Hélène married Claude Benoit, the son of Claude Benoit and Jeanne Hébert.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Canada Marriages, 1661-1949

groom's name: Claude Benoit

groom's birth date:

groom's birthplace: Saint Joseph De La Vieciaire De Canard

groom's age:

bride's name: Anne Girouard

bride's birth date:

bride's birthplace: Annapolis Royal

bride's age:

marriage date: 14 Feb 1746

marriage place: Annapolis Royal, Digby, Nova Scotia

groom's father's name: Claude Benoit

groom's mother's name: Jeanne Herbert

bride's father's name: Francois Girouard

bride's mother's name: Anne Girouard

groom's race:

groom's marital status: Unknown

groom's previous wife's name:

bride's race:

bride's marital status: Unknown

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indexing project (batch) number: M53406-2

system origin: Canada-EASy

source film number: 1320000

reference number: p307

source: familysearch.org

Children of Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD

Joseph BENOIT

Born: abt. 1749, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Marguerite Felicite DAIGLE 9 September 1771 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Esther LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 4 February 1799 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Jean Baptiste BENOIT

Born: abt. 1750, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Anne Madeleine ROY 10 February 1777 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne DESMARAIS 25 February 1805 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre BENOIT

Born: abt. 1759, , Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 31 October 1816, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine MATHIEU 26 February 1781 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Antoine BENOIT

Born: 30 January 1762, Saint-Ours, Canada
Died: 7 May 1834, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Catherine NAULT 29 September 1783 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite CHAPDELAINE 30 May 1796 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Marie ST-MARTIN 13 February 1804 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

Michel BENOIT

Born: 18 September 1763, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 27 August 1829, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Françoise NAULT (HENAULT) 18 October 1784 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite BENOIT

Born: 17 May 1765, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 May 1824, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: François DAIGLE 9 January 1786 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles BENOIT

Born: abt. 1767, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

François BENOIT

Born: abt. 1768, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1794,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth

Claude Benoit was born circa 1713 at Grand Pre. He was the son of Claude Benoit and Jeanne Hebert.
Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1746 Marriage / Partner
Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD 14 February 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

abt. 1757

From Boston to the Town of Chelsea

Claude BENOIT, s/ o Claude/ Jeanne HEBERT, m. to Anne GIROUARD, d/ o François/ Anne BOURGEOIS. Children: Joseph (1749); Jean-Baptiste (1756); Pierre (1759); Marguerite (1765). At Massachusetts 1755 and at St-Ours, Quäbec, Canada 1767.

Source: www.acadian-home.org/ acadians-massachusetts.html

1762 Birth of Child
Antoine BENOIT was born 30 January 1762, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Birth of Child
Michel BENOIT was born 18 September 1763, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1765 Birth of Child
Marguerite BENOIT was born 17 May 1765, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1771 Marriage of Child
Joseph BENOIT married 9 September 1771, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada to Marguerite Felicite DAIGLE

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.